Rankin Records a History of Violence
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The controversial snapper photographs new domestic abuse campaign
International film director, fashion and portrait photographer Rankin has taken time out of his hectic schedule to work on a different kind of campaign. Today Women’s Aid, the national domestic violence charity, launches its new domestic abuse awareness campaign under the new brand Act and Rankin has shot the striking images. Famous female celebrity faces such as Anne-Marie Duff, Fiona Bruce, Honor Blackman and Anna Friel have all participated in the campaign which hopes to emphasise the fact that domestic violence can affect every woman, no matter her age or situation.
Miquita Oliver, best known for presenting Channel’s Popworld, explained her involvement: “I’ve never really thought about domestic violence before, it seemed to be something that didn’t affect people my age, but it really does - there are many women in their late teens and early twenties who have either experienced violence in a relationship or have witnessed it at home in their childhood.”
The head and shoulders portraits shot against a stark white background are reminiscent of the case file photographs police often record injuries to battered wives with and foreground the terrible bruising that each actress has seemingly sustained.
Nicola Harwin, Chief Executive of Women’s Aid, said: “We want this powerful campaign to raise awareness of domestic violence, to get people talking about it, to make those experiencing it realise that they’re not alone and to get everyone to do something to help.”
Rankin is also involved with Domestic abuse charity Refuge. The photographer’s ongoing retrospective Me, Me, Me, which spans twenty years of his life as a photographer, is on display at The Gallery on Charing Cross Road. Each of the prints will be for sale. The tongue-in-cheek images are all self-portraits, but many are so heavily photoshopped that it is impossible to recognise the photographer; prime examples being Rankin as a female supermodel and as a pig.
To find out how you can get help or offer support go to http://www.womensaid.co.uk
Me, Me, Me is at The Gallery, 2nd Floor, Foyles Bookshop, 113-119 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0EB
http://www.rankin.co.uk
http://www.womensaid.org.uk/landing_page.asp?section=000100010010000400080002
http://www.refuge.org.uk
ACTOR, ANNA FRIEL
“In my first acting role (GBH) I played a victim of such abuse and, through the many letters Ireceived and the brave women I met during my research, I was exposed first hand to the lives that have been destroyed. These women need to feel that we’re all aware of what they may be going through, to give them the confidence to speak out.”
ACTOR, ANNE-MARIE DUFF
“My connection with Women’s Aid began in the name of research. I was about to start work on a film in which I was playing a woman breaking free of a violent marriage. The BBC put me in touch with Women’s Aid. The women I met; both the carers and the women who’d been forced to seek refuge, were all very welcoming. Anxious not to be misrepresented, they were open, brave, funny and generous.”
ACTOR, HONOR BLACKMAN
“Domestic violence can be so easy for people to ignore, as it often happens without any witnesses and it is sometimes easier not to get involved. Yet, by publicly speaking out against domestic violence, together we can challenge attitudes towards violence in the home and show that domestic violence is a crime and not merely unacceptable.”
PRESENTER, KATE THORNTON
“We all like to think that if we were the victims of domestic abuse we’d up and leave - but it’s not always as easy or straightforward as that. Women stay with abusive partners for all kinds of reasons - they love them, they fear them, they have children with them, they believe they can change them or they simply have no where else to go.”
#1 Michelle
I hope this campaign will help women to be more aware about domestic violence. Their are women who are suffering from violence who just keep their silence because they are afraid to speak up, remember that you are not alone! I hope through this campaign women will be able to realize that their are people who cares and support you.
2:40 am - Tuesday, February 6, 2007
#2 Dave
I do wish these people would research the subject before doing these projects, getting suckered in to promote the propaganda of the domestic violence industry!
A bit of research would incate that domestic violence is equal per gender and that men are more likely to suffer in silence as they are too ashamed to report being beaten, stabbed or hit with an implement by a woman.
A home Office report revealed that it was equal per gender at 4.2% ( R86 )
The figure banded about that 1 in 4 women suffer was extrapolated from a flawed survey in a deprived area of London - not really representative of the whole of the UK, and what's more, how many battered and bruised women do you see each day? Tripping over 'em in the streets eh!
Two women killed each week by domestic violence! Assuming a population of 60 million, that is 0.000003% of the population.
In the last week, three young men were shot in Peckham and no doubt several more in other areas of London, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow etc..
Young males between teenage and mid twenties are by far the largest group who are the greatest victims of violence, yet the domestic violence industry remains bigoted and continues to ignore male victims.
... and idiots fall in line to support the propaganda, whether they be celebrity airheads, actors, art directors or photographers.
Only when divorce hits these people do they realise that the propaganda they support in demonising men will bite them in the divorce courts where they are stripped of their children because of the propaganda they help to promote.
11:32 am - Saturday, February 10, 2007
#3 Silver Surfer
Totally agree , I have been attacked 4 times by my ex-girlfriend and here partner , twice drawing blood and leaving scars. Yet the police would only give a caution at her time of choosing. If it had been me I would have been locked up over night and prosecuted and banned from my children etc. Go read patricia Pearson's book when she was bad. c1996, this is not a one sided problem but a 50/50 split
11:08 pm - Saturday, February 10, 2007
#4 Tom Gibbons
The images themselves are striking, but I can't help but be reminded of Nan Goldin's famous self-portrait, Nan one month after being battered (caution: horrific image ahead). In Rankin's series, the women come across as noble and beautiful, despite the black eyes and split lips. In her self-portrait, Goldin's image is neither of these things, but its honesty and authenticity make it unforgettable.
7:23 pm - Tuesday, February 13, 2007
#5 lana vanzetta
I was shocked when I saw this campaign
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
Domestic violence is a silent predator ...
photograph that..
6:06 am - Saturday, February 9, 2008
#6 SERAH COOKE
hi there im a domestic abuse victim myself, iv been in 16 refuges and one certain refuge has been closed down... im now a model and getting on with my life, i have put a group together made of models called angelz dolls we are doing a number of events to raise money to get the refuge back open, i am also opening a studio and any money made will also go to the refuge any help would really be appreciated we are also looking for sponsors i think there is only a small number of refuges in the uk so everyone that closes down i want to help get funding for it to re-open
1:22 pm - Monday, February 28, 2011
#7 SERAH COOKE
please check out our site and if anyone can sponsor us would be great our first events will be raising money for a refuge to re-open
7:30 pm - Monday, February 28, 2011
#8 SERAH COOKE
http://angelzdollspromoandcharityevents.webs.com/
7:33 pm - Monday, February 28, 2011